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Chew

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Priority Greek/Hebrew Meanings

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Greek G3145 massáomai

Original: μασσάομαι

Meaning:
from a primary (to handle or squeeze); to chew:--gnaw.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to chew:--gnaw.

Greek G5176 trṓgō

Original: τρώγω

Meaning:
probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of τραῦμα and τρίβος through the idea of corrosion or wear; or perhaps rather of a base of τρυγών and τρίζω through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat:--eat.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat:--eat.

Hebrew H1641 gârar

Original: גָּרַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw; catch, chew, [idiom] continuing, destroy, saw.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: catch, chew, [idiom] continuing, destroy, saw.

Verses containing this word showing 2 of 2
Leviticus 11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. Open
Deuteronomy 14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. Open

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